I'm Back!!
In 2007 I bought a shell of a 1995 RX-7 and did an LS1/T56 swap. I loved that car. Drove it for 4 years before selling it to a buddy so I could go back to school. The car needed to be tuned after an engine rebuild and cam/intake install when I sold it. The car has been sitting where I left it since 2012. My friend owns 8 FDs, yes 8, and non of them run! So he is paying me to get the 5 that have V8 swaps running for him. My payment is a 1993 model with a 5.3 and T56 setup. My goal was to buy my old 95 back after selling the 93 I get for payment.
Between 2012-Now I had a few other cars. After getting a new job I bought a 2010 370Z Touring Sport. Black on Black with all the bells and whistles. It was a fun car to drive and looked great but didn't have that "I built this" feeling I needed. After a horribly disappointing trip to the drag strip I cut my losses and sold the Z. A few months later I bought a 1998 BMW Z3 M Roadster. That car was a fun little go kart that I could work on. I fixed it up pretty nice. I was going to do an LS swap to it but the FD was always on my mind.
this summer I was just casually searching craigslist and came across a 95 LS swapped FD in North Carolina. I reached out to the guy and gave him a low offer and he took it. So I flew out and drove the car back. I ended up selling my BMW for parts as the market wasn't what I needed for the whole car. I am very happy to be back in an FD. I still have to finish my buddies cars, get the 93 FD as payment and sell it. I hope to have all that done before the end of 2018.
The current car is MB with black/tan interior.
It is missing the carpet currently but I have all the other interior pieces.
The paint is pretty shit (failed clear coat) and it has a white Fiber glass hood.
has SpeedHut gauges replacing all the stock gauges
Aeromotive fuel pump and in line filter
So far I have collected a few parts
OEM 99 Spec Spoiler
99 Spec front bumper and lights (Plate-less)
Ray's Gram Light 57 18x9.5 front 18x10.5 rear
Yokohama advan A048 295/30r18 tires for the rear
ProSport Bushing Kit
Plans for the winter.
INTERIOR
--heat shield the interior
--put carpet in
--Bride Gias Low Max Seats w/ 4 point harness
--Clean up the wiring from the previous owner
ENGINE
--Aggressive cam kit
--Tune
--More wiring clean up
--Install AC (wife wants it)
BODY/PAINT
--20mm wide body front Feed style fenders
--20mm wide body rear feed style fenders molded in
--CF Feed side Blades
--99 spec plate-less front bumper
--CF 99 Spec front spoiler
--EVO-R Sleek 90mm HID headlights
--Install 99 Spec Spoiler
--Aerocatch Hood Latches
--Complete repaint - Black (including interior body and engine bay)
--Spec-RE2 Carbon Rear Diffuser
WHEELS SUSPENSION
--Coilovers
--ProSport Poly Bushings
--Powder Coat everything while adding bushings
--Rays Gram Light 57TE Wheels w/ tires
Should be pretty close to where I want it after all of that! I need to get these other cars done and sell my payment car to fund all of that though! Glad to be back!
